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You Could LoseUpTo94,000 Passengers

ThisVarliAXeight Problems.

A twin-diesel power plant can weigh you have lots more room for passengers, over 40,000 pounds, and puts out 6,000 That can mean as many as 94,000 more shp maximum. That can cost your ferry fares every year.* tons of passengers.

But substitute two TF40 turbines and the scales shift dramatically.

TF40's are just l/10th the weight of comparable diesels, and they still give you over 8,000 shp. So you get more speed—potentially enough to add an extra round trip a day.

And since TF40's use far less space, *Based on a 10% increase in passenger capacity on a 450-passenger ferry operating three round trips per day, 350 days per year at 90% capacity.

For details and an estimate of how many more passengers the TF40 can put in your boat, call us at (203) 385-3863. ©1991 Textron Lycoming -3,454 mm 1,854 mm

A diesel exhaust system alone weighs more than an entire TF40. That's a lot of fares gone up in smoke.

So before you go diesel, weigh the alternative.

Call our Director of

Marine Marketing at (203) 385-3863 for more on the TF40.

The TF40. It puts the people in the seats. And leaves the diesels on the dock. \Wre OnThe Move.

TEXTRON Lycoming

Textron Lycoming/Subsidiary of Textron Inc.

Stratford, CT 06497, USA